SurveyMonkey.com What is it good for? A teacher’s critique

Presentation Overview What is SurveyMonkey.com? Outcomes addressed Critique of what I noticed Brief example using the program Data analysis lesson – Your ideas? Teacher/Student reference guide Conclusion

SurveyMonkey.com Create professional online surveys Various collection choices – , website, upload s to the site Result analysis (in real time) – Compiles results for you!

Why use this resource? Eliminate mundane tasks Focus on outcomes

Outcome application : Data Analysis F2 formulate questions for investigation from relevant contexts – Will the questions asked provide the information being sought? F3 select, defend, and use appropriate data collection methods and evaluate issues to be considered when collecting data F7 formulate statistics projects to explore current issues from within mathematics, other subject areas, or the world of students – Using authentic data

Limitations Some desirable options ie: “share responses” or “filter responses” are only available on the professional version $$$ Can allow more than one respondent per computer* Collector can change or delete responses

Program Basics Pros: User-friendly – not a lot on a page – obvious prompts – automatically formatted – Question samples Can choose simple aesthetics Basic account – cost hurdle? No photocopying required! Can allow more than one respondent per computer *

So what’s it good for? Access to a greater sample (Number & Variety) Results automatically tabulated (in real time) – Focus on outcomes Anonymous – IP address Comment box – collaboration possibility Survey preview – immediate Percentage totals or view responses from individual surveys

Program Demonstration SurveyMonkey.com

Data Analysis Sample Lesson Data Analysis using SurveyMonkey.com

Teacher Resource Step-by-step intro guide to SurveyMonkey.comintro guide – Creating a survey – Collecting responses – Analyzing results

Wrap-up Tool rather than an actual lesson Tutorial Efficient Testing? Kurzweil Other subjects: – Science: Ecology, Energy/Fuel Consumption, Conservation – SS: Demographics, economics – researching potential products – PDR: Just about any topic